Ali Saleem

Web technologies

Frameworks

Server administration

Additional languages and tools

• Worked on splitting a monolith Laravel application into packages which can be pulled in via Composer to add functionality as required.

• Extended the current application and streamlined existing functionality to meet needs of the business

• Ported the front end of the website from a VueJS SPA to Livewire

• Created an integration platform based on the Laravel framework to heavily automate routine tasks.

• Integration between CMS, Communication platform, AutoTrader, Vehicle Data provider, MOT History Service, Dropbox and other services.

• Created a dashboard to oversee the integration platform status and job queues.

• Developed a custom e-commerce application following FMCG workflows using Laravel Nova.

• Worked heavily with Laravel’s queues and events.

• Integrated campaign emails to quickly and easily allow sending promotional emails.

• Built a Livewire and AlpineJS based customer facing website.

• Organised and helped build the backend API for a React based front end.

• Provisioned application servers on AWS and set up automated zero downtime deployments

• Built integrations with third-party dropshipping services with extensive logging and alerts for better customer experience

• Evaluated and documented the entire development infrastructure.

• Streamlined the configuration for their AWS environment including advising and fixing security issues.

• Created a deployment pipeline for multiple projects within the organisation based on AWS ECS using Docker.

• Debugged and resolved application issues.

• Restructured a vanilla PHP e-Commerce application to use best practices.

• Optimised most of the bottlenecks in the current application and deployment setup to reduce the operational costs to around 50%.

• Extended functionality of the application, adding features such as handling subscriptions and add-ons.

• Refactored and optimised existing code.

• Advised the team on best practices along with setting up development environments and IDE configurations.

• Followed a DDD approach to extend the feature set for the Symfony framework based application used by one of the largest property management companies in the UK.

• Optimised performance bottlenecks and decreased page load times by 60% on average.

• Integrated multiple external services using REST APIs to streamline daily user tasks.

• Managed production servers including provisioning and debugging issues.

• Mentored junior team members informing them of best practices.

• Winner of 2017 ECMOD Direct Commerce Award for best exploitation of technology for B2C using Magento2.

• Worked on many Magento, Magento2 and WordPress websites developing new plugins to extend functionality specific to each client’s requirements.

• Lead developer on their integration platform for e-commerce applications working with REST and SOAP APIs.

• Developed APIs and other web applications using the Laravel framework.

• Solely responsible for servers hosting the organisation's iPaaS application and client e-commerce websites.

Hounslow Manor School